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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | The Very Best of Nicolai Gedda
Adam: | Mes amis, écoutez l'histoire (from Le Postillon de Lonjumeau) | Beethoven: | Adelaide, Op. 46 | Bellini: | Prendi l'anel ti dono (from La Sonnambula) | Berlioz: | La gloire etait ma seule idole (from Benvenuto Cellini) | Bizet: | Au fond du temple saint (from Les Pêcheurs de Perles) La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) | Donizetti: | Quanto è bella, quanto è cara! (from L'Elisir d'amore) Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore) Fra poco a me ricovero...Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali (from Lucia di Lammermoor) | Flotow: | Ach, so fromm (from Martha) | Glinka: | Souvenir | Goldmark: | Magische Töne, berauschender Duft (from Die Königin von Saba) | Gounod: | L'amour, l'amour... Ah, lève-toi soleil (from Roméo et Juliette) | Lehár: | Gern hab' ich die Frau'n geküßt (from Paganini) Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (from Das Land des Lächelns) | Massenet: | Pourquoi me reveiller (from Werther) Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon) | Mozart: | Il mio tesoro intanto (from Don Giovanni) Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (from Die Zauberflöte) | Mussorgsky: | Boris Godunov: Dmitry! Tsarevich | Offenbach: | Va pour Kleinzach...Il était une fois à la cour (from Les Contes d'Hoffmann) | Puccini: | Donna non vidi mai (from Manon Lescaut) | Rachmaninov: | Sing not, O lovely one (Ne poi, krasavitsa, pri mne), Op. 4 No. 4 How fair this spot, Op. 21 No. 7 | Rossini: | Asile héréditaire (from Guillaume Tell) | Strauss, J, II: | Ja, das alles auf Ehr' (from Der Zigeunerbaron) | Strauss, R: | Heimliche Aufforderung, Op. 27 No. 3 Ständchen, Op. 17 No. 2 | Tchaikovsky: | Kuda, Kuda 'Lensky's Aria' (from Eugene Onegin) In this moonlight, Op.73, No.3 Sred' shumnogo bala (Amid the din of the ball), Op. 38 No. 3 Serenada Don-Zhuana (Don Juan's Serenade), Op. 38 No. 1 | Thomas, Ambroise: | Elle ne croyait pas, dans sa candeur naïve (from Mignon) | Verdi: | Di' tu se fedele (from Un ballo in maschera) La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) | Wagner: | In fernem Land (from Lohengrin) |
Nicolai Gedda, the most recorded tenor in history, is an exceptionally versatile artist who has excelled in a wide variety of operatic roles as well as in the art song. With a magnificent lyric tenor voice and extraordinary range, Gedda makes the notorious top D at the end of ‘Mes amis, écoutez l’histoire’ sound positively effortless. This collection offers a wealth of repertoire that has helped to cement Gedda’s reputation as one of the greatest tenors of his generation. | 
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| |  | Maurice Andre: Airs d'opéras(trumpet transcriptions)
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| |  | Domingo sings Caruso
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| |  | Opera 2012
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| |  | The Opera Album 2011
Bizet: | Votre toast je peux vous le rendre 'Toreador Song' (from Carmen) Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'Habanera' (from Carmen) Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo) Au fond du temple saint (from Les Pêcheurs de Perles) Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass) La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) Plácido Domingo (tenor) Les tringles des sistres tintaient (from Carmen) Magdalena Kozená (mezzo) | Delibes: | Lakmé: Dôme épais (Flower Duet) Joan Sutherland (soprano), Jane Berbié (mezzo) | Donizetti: | Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore) Juan Diego Flórez (tenor) | Dvorak: | Mesícku na nebi hlubokém 'Song to the Moon' (from Rusalka) Pilar Lorengar (soprano) | Gluck: | Che faro' senza Euridice? (from Orfeo ed Euridice) Andreas Scholl (countertenor) | Gounod: | Ah! Je veux vivre dans ce rêve (from Roméo et Juliette) Renée Fleming (soprano) Gloire immortelle de nos aïeux (from Faust) Richard Bonynge | Handel: | Lascia ch'io pianga (from Rinaldo) Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) Ombra mai fu (from Serse) Andreas Scholl (countertenor) | Leoncavallo: | Vesti la giubba (from I Pagliacci) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) | Mozart: | Der Vogelfänger bin ich, ja (from Die Zauberflöte) Hermann Prey (baritone) La ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni) Ingvar Wixell (baritone), Mirella Freni (soprano) Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (from Die Zauberflöte) Patricia Petibon (soprano) | Offenbach: | Barcarolle (from Les Contes d'Hoffmann ) Joan Sutherland (soprano), Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo) Le jugement de Pâris - Au Mont Ida (from La Belle Hélène) Joseph Calleja (tenor) | Puccini: | Quando me'n vo (from La Bohème) Anna Netrebko (soprano) E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) Andrea Bocelli (tenor) Humming Chorus (from Madama Butterfly) Giuseppe Sinopoli Nessun dorma (from Turandot) Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) Vissi d'arte (from Tosca) Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème) Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) Signore, ascolta! (from Turandot) Montserrat Caballé (soprano) Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (from La Rondine) Renata Tebaldi (soprano) | Rossini: | Una voce poco fa (from Il barbiere di Siviglia) Teresa Berganza (mezzo) Largo al factotum (from Il barbiere di Siviglia) Leo Nucci (baritone) | Saint-Saëns: | Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (from Samson et Dalila) Marilyn Horne (mezzo) | Verdi: | Anvil Chorus (from Il Trovatore) Sir Georg Solti La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) Roberto Alagna (tenor) Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (from La Traviata) Plácido Domingo (tenor), Ileana Cotrubas (soprano) Di quella pira (from Il trovatore) José Carreras (tenor) Sempre libera (from La Traviata) Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Questa o quella (from Rigoletto) Rolando Villazón (tenor) Va, pensiero (from Nabucco) Silvio Varviso Celeste Aida (from Aida) Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) | Wagner: | Mild und leise 'Isolde's Liebestod' (from Tristan und Isolde) Birgit Nilsson (soprano) |
This magnificent collection features the some of the greatest opera stars of all time: Cecilia Bartoli, Anna Netrebko, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Andrea Bocelli Luciano Pavarotti, Dame Joan Sutherland, Plácido Domingo, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and José Carreras. With a carefully chosen selection of perennially popular arias, duets and choruses, this enchanting collection creates the perfect introduction to opera. With 40 tracks and over 2½ hours of music this collection is outstanding value for money. Includes Pavarotti’s classic recording of the most popular opera aria of all, Puccini’s ‘Nessun dorma’. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Pavarotti - Domingo - Carreras: The Best of the 3 Tenors
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| |  | The Italian TenorJewel-case version
Sony Classical proudly announces the release of the debut recording on the label by the highly-acclaimed young tenor Vittorio Grigolo. Acknowledged by critics and public alike as the finest exponent of the Italian tenor tradition in a generation, this album is one of the most eagerly-awaited releases of 2010. Vittorio Grigolo says that his first operatic recital disc, "The Italian Tenor", has been a project of great importance for him. He has purposely waited until he felt the conditions were perfect and he had something unique to communicate in this repertoire. He has chosen a programme of arias representing "the culture I come from. It's like giving my card to someone who doesn't know me the voice of the Italian tenor, with a communication that comes in a natural way, like opening a window on a sunny day!" Vittorio Grigolo was born in Arezzo, Tuscany and grew up in Rome. A soloist in the celebrated Sistine Chapel Choir as a child, he appeared at the Rome Opera as the Pastorello in "Tosca" opposite the great Luciano Pavarotti when only 13 years old. He has since gone on to conquer the world's major opera houses and festivals, collaborating with outstanding singers and today's greatest conductors including Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, Antonio Pappano, Riccardo Chailly, Lorin Maazel and Daniel Oren. His natural charisma and outstanding dramatic abilities complement a voice that possesses all the unique attributes of the Italian tenor: beautiful tone, effortless production and stylish phrasing, qualities which are fully displayed on this album. “Now and then there are hints of another great Italian-style tenor, the stylish Alfredo Kraus. It's there in the hushed tone Grigolo adopts for the 'Favorita del re!...Spirto gentil' from La Favorita and Manrico's elegant swagger in the cabaletta 'Di quella pira'.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2010 *** “Handsome, prolific and blessed with uncommon interpretive skills, Vittorio Grigolo is the most exciting young male talent in opera today...It's a marvellous collection, with Grigolo's dramatic abilities abundantly evident in the fruity relish with which he rolls each syllable round his mouth” The Independent on Sunday, 30th September 2010 ***** “His bright, incisive tones modulate, soften and sweeten, yet the voice has a non-departmentalised consistency, a supple and expressive instrument in grief and gaiety, tenderness and anger...for a comparison, the young Bergonzi might come to mind, but Grigolo's expressiveness and imagination are quite his own” Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2010 “Grigolo’s voice is agile, unstrained, with colours stretching from dulcet cream to piercing red; and strikingly subtle volume control...when the voice needs to “ping”, it does so securely, with lively expression. It’s a good, steady album, and a worthy calling card” The Times, 8th October 2010 “He's notably good at scamps, such as Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, or tragic wits such as Riccardo in Un Ballo in Maschera, where you get a real sense of the laughter behind the passion. There are moments of wonderfully rapt introspection, too, in arias from Donizetti's La Favorita and Puccini's Le Villi.” The Guardian, 7th October 2010 **** “He can get overexcited, but shows musical sensibility in arias from La favorita, Rigoletto and Manon Lescaut, and his clear diction and firmly produced tone suggest solid technical foundations.” The Telegraph, 15th October 2010 *** “He lends suitable swagger to "Possente amor mi chiama" from Rigoletto and brings real tenderness to "Spirto gentil"...Grigolo is the real thing: a shining, stylish romantic hero in the great tradition of the Italian tenor, but with a warmer, more appealing persona for 21st-century audiences.” The Observer, 31st October 2010 “he's clearly in love with his native language and his little rolled 'r's will make those who care about such things purr with pleasure” International Record Review, November 2010 “This is quite a test for the tenor who's had an outstanding year on stage, but one he passes with ease...Grigolo has developed from light to lyric tenor, and you feel there's more to come from this young voice already rich with plenty of colour and drama.” Classic FM Magazine, January 2011 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
Beethoven: | Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b | Debussy: | L'annee en vain...Cependent les soirs (from L'enfant Prodigue) Ileana Cotrubas | Donizetti: | Chi mi frena in tal momento? (from Lucia di Lammermoor) Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore) Nicolai Gedda | Giordano, U: | Vicino a te (from Andrea Chénier) Jose Carreras, Montserrat Caballé | Gounod: | Va! je t'ai pardonné (from Roméo et Juliette) Catherine Malfitano, Alfredo Kraus Alerte, alerte! (from Faust) Katia Ricciarelli, William Lewis, Nicolai Ghiaurov | Mascagni: | Son io! Son io la Vita! (from Iris) | Mozart: | E Susanna non vien! … Dove sono i bei momenti (from Le nozze di Figaro) Kiri Te Kanawa | Puccini: | In questa reggia (from Turandot) Eva Marton Viene la sera (from Madama Butterfly) Giuliano Ciannella, Leona Mitchell | Rossini: | La calunnia è un venticello (from Il barbiere di Siviglia) Ruggero Raimondi Bel raggio lusinghier (from Semiramide) Joan Sutherland Pria di dividerci da voi, signore (from L'italiana in Algeri) | Saint-Saëns: | Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila Linda Gelinas, Ricardo Costa Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (from Samson et Dalila) Marilyn Horne | Smetana: | The Bartered Bride Overture | Strauss, R: | Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren (from Der Rosenkavalier) Marie Theres'! ... Hab mir's gelobt (from Der Rosenkavalier) | trad.: | Fjorton år tror jag visst att jag var Birgit Nilsson | Verdi: | Dio, mi potevi scagliar tutti i mali (from Otello) James McCracken Surta è la notte...Ernani! Ernani, involami (from Ernani) Anna Tomowa-Sintow Giá nella notte densa (from Otello) Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni Donna chi sei? (from Nabucco) Renato Bruson, Grace Bumbry Teco io sto (from Un ballo in maschera) Luciano Pavarotti, Leontyne Price | Wagner: | Wie lachend sie mir Lieder singen (from Tristan und Isolde) Birgit Nilsson |
Here are the greatest moments from the “ultimate in galas” (Opera), a “roof-rattling vocal display and the kind of cheering and free-flowing, heartfelt emotion on both sides of the footlights that opera evinces more than any other art form” - New York Times The gala celebration immediately catches the attention with spectacular performances by stars such as Dame Joan Sutherland, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Mirella Freni, Marilyn Horne, Birgit Nilsson, Luciano Pavarotti, José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Nicolai Gedda, Alfredo Kraus and many others “The world's most famous opera singers [in] a dazzling sequence of performances” - New York Times “It's always a privilege to sing at the Met, but this is something very special. I don't think there's ever been anything this grand in the history of opera” - Luciano Pavarotti This product features an awesome roster of international star conducters: from James Levine, Leonard Bernstein and Thomas Fulton to Jeffrey Tate, Richard Bonynge 2 DVDs LIVE from the Met from October 22, 1983 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Divos and Divas
Bellini: | Casta Diva (from Norma) Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) Orchestra La Scintilla, Adam Fischer | Bizet: | La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) Plácido Domingo (tenor) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti | Capua: | O sole mio José Carreras (tenor) English Chamber Orchestra, Edoardo Muller | Catalani: | Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (from La Wally) Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, John Mauceri | Charpentier, G: | Depuis le jour (from Louise) Nicole Cabell (soprano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Davis | Donizetti: | Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore) Juan Diego Flórez (tenor) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Frizza Quanto è bella, quanto è cara! (from L'Elisir d'amore) Roberto Alagna (tenor) Orchestre de l'Opera National de Lyon, Evelino Pidò | Dvorak: | Mesícku na nebi hlubokém 'Song to the Moon' (from Rusalka) Renée Fleming (soprano) London Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti | Glinka: | Vdali ot milogo (from Ruslan and Lyudmila) Anna Netrebko (soprano) Kirov Orchestra & Chorus, Valery Gergiev | Handel: | Lascia la spina (from Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno) Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski Semele: Endless Pleasure Danielle de Niese (soprano) Les Arts Florissants, William Christie | Lara, Augustin: | Granada Juan Diego Flórez (tenor) Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya | Lehár: | Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (from Das Land des Lächelns) Plácido Domingo (tenor) Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma & Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta | Mozart: | Deh! vieni alla finestra (from Don Giovanni) Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti Non piu andrai, farfallone amoroso (from Le Nozze di Figaro) Erwin Schrott (bass-baritone) Orquestra de la Comunitat Valencian, Riccardo Frizza Porgi amor (from Le nozze di Figaro) Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti | Puccini: | Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Marco Armiliato Firenze è come un albero fiorito (from Gianni Schicchi) Roberto Alagna (tenor) Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Bruno Bartoletti Addio, fiorito asil (from Madama Butterfly) Joseph Calleja (tenor) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) Renée Fleming (soprano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Mackerras Vissi d'arte (from Tosca) Montserrat Caballé (soprano) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Colin Davis Signore, ascolta! (from Turandot) Montserrat Caballé (soprano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta Quando me'n vo (from La Bohème) Nicole Cabell (soprano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Davis E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) José Carreras (tenor) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Colin Davis | Saint-Saëns: | Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (from Samson et Dalila) Olga Borodina (mezzo) Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi | Schönberg, C-M: | Stars (from Les Misérables) Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Paul Gemignani | Strauss, J, II: | Nun's Chorus from Casanova Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah Symphony, Julius Rudel | Verdi: | La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) Joseph Calleja (tenor) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Pace, pace mio Dio! (from La forza del destino) Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly | Wagner: | Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein 'Prize Song' (from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Marco Armiliato |
The greatest opera stars in the world - together in one 2-CD set. A unique collection of all the great genuine opera stars appearing on the world's stages today. A galaxy of great names performing opera's best-loved arias and classic melodies. CD 1 ("The Divos") features celebrated performances from Roberto Alagna, Juan Diego Flórez, Jonas Kaufmann, Plácido Domingo, Bryn Terfel, José Carreras, Josef Calleja and Erwin Schrott CD 2 ("The Divas") features outstanding recordings by Cecilia Bartoli, Renée Fleming, Anna Netrebko, Angela Gheorghiu, Montserrat Caballé, Nicole Cabell, Olga Borodina, and Kiri te Kanawa A fabulous showcase of today's top vocal talent 2 CDs for the price of one | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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